Worst/Best Radio Ads

jojofizzio

The friggin laya life bint is back...pretending to be at a boxercise class...laya life are going the right way about hospitalizing me when I hear the return of an even-more-infuriating installment of their advertising....so I spose the ads are indirectly working....

QueensGael

jojofizzio wrote: »

The friggin laya life bint is back...pretending to be at a boxercise class...laya life are going the right way about hospitalizing me when I hear the return of an even-more-infuriating installment of their advertising....so I spose the ads are indirectly working....

Oh no! Thought they had discontinued that tripe :mad:

jojofizzio

jojofizzio wrote: »

The friggin laya life bint is back...pretending to be at a boxercise class...laya life are going the right way about hospitalizing me when I hear the return of an even-more-infuriating installment of their advertising....so I spose the ads are indirectly working....

I know - I nearly puked my coffee when I heard it this morning - its beyond cringe :eek:. You say the ads are indirectly working - but would they make you purchase LAYA??

I'm happily with Aviva and not changing!

tommytee

LAYA HEALTHCARE :mad:
I had to visit here and vent after hearing how annoying the laya healthcare is, and noticed the 2 posts above this are about this same crappy ad.

LAYA you have outdone yourself again. If its not some f^kwit rolling down a hill its an uber annoying breathless VO tw^t panting after her stupid boxercise class ad, this just put my blood pressure through the roof, seriously WTF is enjoyable about listening to someone about to have a coronary, is it meant to create an affinity to this brand, I now wish she would f&*k off and faint.
Thanks LAYA, now i am not even going to waste an evening looking through your policies-this terrible ad made my mind up for me,
I'm sticking with VHI :cool:
ps I'm normally a relaxed disposition but after this I almost gone postal :eek:

FCUK Laya - hate them!

jojofizzio

Deleted User wrote: »

I know - I nearly puked my coffee when I heard it this morning - its beyond cringe :eek:. You say the ads are indirectly working - but would they make you purchase LAYA??

I'm happily with Aviva and not changing!

Well no...Now you mention it it’s made me more determined not to move from Irish life health....those ads have got to be THE most annoying things ever on the radio....:mad:

chalkitdown1

Sting, bless him, really tries his best to pronounce 'Bord Gais' in the ad for his new play, but he doesn't quite get there.

Murdoc90

That god awful Charles Tyrwhitt menswear ad was on newstalk non stop until recently, "I ran into Jack the other day.."

dogmatix

tommytee wrote: »

LAYA HEALTHCARE :mad:
I had to visit here and vent after hearing how annoying the laya healthcare is, and noticed the 2 posts above this are about this same crappy ad.

LAYA you have outdone yourself again. If its not some f^kwit rolling down a hill its an uber annoying breathless VO tw^t panting after her stupid boxercise class ad, this just put my blood pressure through the roof, seriously WTF is enjoyable about listening to someone about to have a coronary, is it meant to create an affinity to this brand, I now wish she would f&*k off and faint.
Thanks LAYA, now i am not even going to waste an evening looking through your policies-this terrible ad made my mind up for me,
I'm sticking with VHI :cool:
ps I'm normally a relaxed disposition but after this I almost gone postal :eek:

Agree 100% - an example of an ad that thinks it is smart and unusual but just really pisses off a lot of people. But don't expect ad agencies to change anytime soon - they appear to really believe we all love their "quirky" offerings if this link is anything to go by: http://greatirishradioads.com/dont-be-afraid-to-ditch-the-studio/.

QueensGael

dogmatix wrote: »

they appear to really believe we all love their "quirky" offerings if this link is anything to go by: http://greatirishradioads.com/dont-be-afraid-to-ditch-the-studio/.

Sweet Jebus, from that link:
What’s great about the ads from... Laya Healthcare is that they have jumped out of their comfort zones and have come up with ideas that are engaging and fun. Laya’s approach has certainly helped them to achieve cut through.
Well done Laya HealthCare – the graft has certainly paid off.

I'm lost.

The Specialist

QueensGael wrote: »

Sweet Jebus, from that link:
What’s great about the ads from... Laya Healthcare is that they have jumped out of their comfort zones and have come up with ideas that are engaging and fun. Laya’s approach has certainly helped them to achieve cut through.
Well done Laya HealthCare – the graft has certainly paid off.

I'm lost.

It certainly has... cut through the chances of anybody signing up with them on the basis of those ****ing ads! What's the next one gonna be, someone extolling the merits of Laya while in the middle of a wild sex session?

dogmatix

dogmatix wrote: »

Agree 100% - an example of an ad that thinks it is smart and unusual but just really pisses off a lot of people. But don't expect ad agencies to change anytime soon - they appear to really believe we all love their "quirky" offerings if this link is anything to go by: http://greatirishradioads.com/dont-be-afraid-to-ditch-the-studio/.

who wrote that ****e? NOBODY thinks their ads are quirky or funny. :mad::mad::mad:

tommytee

Fcuk, i really wish i was the voice of reason and skepticism at the brainstorming sessions for these terrible ads,
9:30 meeting, creative director starts off with annoying overused buzzwords about the new radio adds they are to create, at this point i feel my chest tightening and I loosen shirt button. Then some little upstart who thinks their poop doesn't smell gets a few words in about doing something really quirky, subconsciously i am now making clenched fists, then someone says 'ohh lets be really original and record someone after a boxercise class, lets have them really out of breath so as to emphasize how they love laya, that will really captivate our audience",, "Boxercise you say, I'll give ya Boxercise" , smack, game over, meeting wrapped up by 9:40 everyone wins ;-)

plodder

What about products who want a well known celeb to do the voice over but are too cheap skate to pay for them, so they get someone who sounds like them instead?

There used to be a guy who did a good Terry Wogan impression and almost sounded like the real thing. There's a window replacements ad at the moment, who the VO I think is supposed to sound like Pat Kenny. He says something like "sash windows are a dickens to heat" a kind of word I'd expect (only) Pat Kenny to use

anthonyjmaher

"And Jimmy, I wont be here on Thursday. I have my YOGA!"
Jimmy, fifteen minutes later, on the phone to his friends - "The oul biddy is away on Thursday so get the van over there first thing".

dogmatix

plodder wrote: »

What about products who want a well known celeb to do the voice over but are too cheap skate to pay for them, so they get someone who sounds like them instead?

There used to be a guy who did a good Terry Wogan impression and almost sounded like the real thing. There's a window replacements ad at the moment, who the VO I think is supposed to sound like Pat Kenny. He says something like "sash windows are a dickens to heat" a kind of word I'd expect (only) Pat Kenny to use

Aye - they usually never really work. Because they don't really sound like the real thing and we come away thinking the company is too miserly to hire the real thing. There used to be a bloke in the 1990's who did a barely passable Basil Fawlty voice who seemed to be everywhere advertising everything.

Birneybau

plodder wrote: »

What about products who want a well known celeb to do the voice over but are too cheap skate to pay for them, so they get someone who sounds like them instead?

There used to be a guy who did a good Terry Wogan impression and almost sounded like the real thing. There's a window replacements ad at the moment, who the VO I think is supposed to sound like Pat Kenny. He says something like "sash windows are a dickens to heat" a kind of word I'd expect (only) Pat Kenny to use

Eir's Chris O' Dowd knock off

QueensGael

Birneybau wrote: »

Eir's Chris O' Dowd knock off

Isn't that yer man Sim Card/Kevin McGahern?

MikeyTaylor

Birneybau wrote: »

Eir's Chris O' Dowd knock off

Chris Greene from 2FM I think.

Ciaran_B

Is that Andrew Scott doing the ESB ad or a bad impersonator?

Birneybau

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Is that Andrew Scott doing the ESB ad or a bad impersonator?

Andrew Scott. He's smarsher than most

doherlisa

Eircom phone watch ads annoy me

tommytee

AIB - Backing Brave :mad: Kings of Connemara

Not knocking the product- seems like a good success story but the backing music is a little too epic for my liking, it would be more at home on the bigscreen,
her slight American softly spoken accent also grates me a bit

von Smallhausen

Those Laya Healthcare ads are just annoying. That bint is either rolling down a hill like a child or doing boxersize.
Why instead of rolling down a hill, couldn't she roll off a cliff... 
Looking after you always....not if you make us bleed from the ears!

Del.Monte

Barnardo's latest radio Ad sounds like something from a horror film and is damn annoying - I wonder do they pay for these or does somebody do them as a charitable act?

Bellerstring

plodder wrote: »

What about products who want a well known celeb to do the voice over but are too cheap skate to pay for them, so they get someone who sounds like them instead?

There used to be a guy who did a good Terry Wogan impression and almost sounded like the real thing. There's a window replacements ad at the moment, who the VO I think is supposed to sound like Pat Kenny. He says something like "sash windows are a dickens to heat" a kind of word I'd expect (only) Pat Kenny to use

Nah...don't think that's supposed to sound like Pat Kenny.

Bellerstring

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Oh and that stupid ad for the Lotto, where the "guy from the island is ringing in". He states at the start that they need emergency supplies URGENTLY. Then when asked about what they need, he says "ah no, just a few t-bags and crisps". He should be arrested for wasting the time of the emergency services.

or the fukkors who make that ad should be arrested for being lazy, untalented assh*les who couldn't make a decent commercial if their life depended on it.

Brendan Bendar

Bellerstring wrote: »

or the fukkors who make that ad should be arrested for being lazy, untalented assh*les who couldn't make a decent commercial if their life depended on it.

Maybe you are being a bit hasty String.

You see, that kernt out on the ‘oilant ‘ is kind of indicative of a lot of assholes who inhabit our country.

First thing they do is pick up the phone to the emergency people whenever any issue which they should have foreseen crops up.

I’d cut the makers a bit of slack for getting that dig in and exposing that attitude in our way of operating.

I’d love to bury a deck shoe up that tools hoop though, forking wanker.

hullaballoo

Can I just point out that you are getting remarkably upset by a totally made up person. Made up for the purposes of a flimsy lotto ad that is pretty much only background noise to most people.

Sorry now if that goes against the grain but your language is very coarse given the above.

Bellerstring

hullaballoo wrote: »

Can I just point out that you are getting remarkably upset by a totally made up person. Made up for the purposes of a flimsy lotto ad that is pretty much only background noise to most people.

Sorry now if that goes against the grain but your language is very coarse given the above.

Upset by the lack of talent and laziness in the production of this advert

TheRiverman

"Love your orchestras.Never.

Brendan Bendar

hullaballoo wrote: »

Can I just point out that you are getting remarkably upset by a totally made up person. Made up for the purposes of a flimsy lotto ad that is pretty much only background noise to most people.

Sorry now if that goes against the grain but your language is very coarse given the above.

Huller, apologies for the coarse language, went a bit over the top there.

Have to say though I do get riled up with that tool though especially after a glass or two of Port.

Can you accept my apologies?

Oops69

'TOYOTA.. built for a better world '..spoken with gravitas ... frig the better world Toyota , maybe try building a better car for your customers .

whisky_galore

That Mercedes ad with background pop music and overuse of the word 'awesome'.

jones 19

There's a new life insurance ad that's on, I don't know which company runs it as I don't let it play, it's a couple talking about getting a policy and how it played out. It's cringe. Not to Mind the last of the hunter gatherers..

Dan Jaman

jones 19 wrote: »

Not to Mind the last of the hunter gatherers..

Deep sea fishermen?
I agree about that. Not a job I'd fancy doing at all.

J.pilkington

Pat kennys easons book of the week ad that seems to be played multiple times each hour.

whisky_galore

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Deep sea fishermen?
I agree about that. Not a job I'd fancy doing at all.

That's why hardly any Irish ppl do it anymore. Some of the foreign nationals treated worse than dogs.

Del.Monte

whisky_galore wrote: »

That's why hardly any Irish ppl do it anymore. Some of the foreign nationals treated worse than dogs.

Bur, I bet they are happy being heralded as 'the last of the hunter gatherers'. :rolleyes:

I love the line 'I can see an order for ten tons of crab' - more likely ten tons of plastic.

tommytee

whisky_galore wrote: »

That Mercedes ad with background pop music and overuse of the word 'awesome'.

Totally agree, foookin stupid tune, sounds like something out of the rocky horror show, does not tie in with refinement and elegance of Merc Brand

ford fiesta

jones 19 wrote: »

There's a new life insurance ad that's on, I don't know which company runs it as I don't let it play, it's a couple talking about getting a policy and how it played out. It's cringe. Not to Mind the last of the hunter gatherers..

I was going to comment about that annoying ad. Think its Irish Life??

Ad kicks off straight into a needy sounding man (from a couple no doubt) saying in a panic "It's like, I dunno, keep going keep going keep going..."...he's trying to say anything can happen out of the blue and the need for a life policy of something..

If its the first ad in an ad break, I'm sure radio presenters hate the way it starts as the presenter can be telling the listener 'back after the break' or something, and then the stressed fool in the ad starts talking within a split second after!!

chalkitdown1

"Board your steed and enter the fray!"
"Just call it the Luas, mum."

Getting bloody sick of this one, now.

RINO87

Whats the story with two different insurance companies running the exact same ad?? One is definitely the AA the other is 123.ie I think.

It goes along the lines of "the first thing your toddler learns to flush down the toilet is your keys". The scripts is the exact same in both, the only difference being the VO guy, and the company being advertised, obviously. Both finish with "your keys taking a tour of your pipes".

Someone stole someone else's homework and it made it all the way!!!

The new Barnardos ad (hear it om classic hits) is very very powerful.

Childrens voices whispering throughout, little girl whispering 'help me,
im over here'

Best radio ad I have heard in a long time.

Im not a big fan of Barnardos (or Fergus Finlay) for various reasons, but the ad is
really moving.

Del.Monte

Deleted User wrote: »

The new Barnardos ad (hear it om classic hits) is very very powerful.

Childrens voices whispering throughout, little girl whispering 'help me,
im over here'

Best radio ad I have heard in a long time.

Im not a big fan of Barnardos (or Fergus Finlay) for various reasons, but the ad is
really moving.

Funny how we all have such different opinions of the same Ads.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=106823680&postcount=8677

statto25

The new Sky TV ad with the woman shouting about guards and sirens everywhere and it turns out she is just watching the TV while talking to her mother on the phone is seriously pissing me off.

neris

equipet ad on nova with a dog who wont chase a stick but talks and plays the piano

Ciaran_B

statto25 wrote: »

The new Sky TV ad with the woman shouting about guards and sirens everywhere and it turns out she is just watching the TV while talking to her mother on the phone is seriously pissing me off.

Aww, I like that add. The woman in it sounds really nice.

The one that's wrecking my head at the moment is the food ordering one where a group of idiots talk about what they're getting for dinner. The way one of them says 'Boojum' annoys me a great deal.

mimimcmc

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Aww, I like that add. The woman in it sounds really nice.

It sounds like Amy Huberman to me...

buckfasterer

Elephant Self Storage guy is really starting to annoy me with his pronunciation of the naught naught naught naught